SAFETY
What is safety?
It is being cautious about your surroundings and keeping yourself and others safe.
What is Self Regulation?
control over thoughts, behavior, actions, emotions and impulses.
What is Self Esteem?
Self Esteem is how you feel about yourself.
Why are social cues important?
Helps build positive friendships and relationships with others
What is the name of our principal?
Mr. Easton
How do we keep ourselves and others safe?
Following expectations and keeping boundaries
What is Impulse Control? (Think of cookie monster video)
Impulse control is even if you really want to do something, you are controlling yourself.
What is low self esteem? Provide example.
Low self esteem is when you feel negatively about yourself.
An example is negative self talk: "I cant do this"
What are the 4 social cues?
Eye Contact, Facial Expressions, Tone of Voice and Body Language
She was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank!
What is one of the expectations of the class?
To keep hands and feet to self, stay in the classroom, listening to instructions, doing my work and asking for help.
How do we practice impulse control? (Think of 3 steps)
Stop, Take a Break, Try Again
What is high self esteem? (Provide an example)
High self esteem is when you feel good about yourself.
Examples: Positive Self talk: "I can do this"
Attitude, Volume, Pitch, Language
What does it mean to flip your lid?
It is what happens when stress shuts down part of your brain. Examples include: instant reactions like getting angry
Name the 4 Zones of Regulation
Yellow, Red, Blue and Green
What is the difference between reacting vs. responding?
Reacting is giving into your impulses and showing an action without thinking.
Responding is controlling your impulses and thinking about what you're going to do before proceeding.
Thinking of comfort things, positive self talk, being surrounded by positive people, coping strategies (going outside), Checking in with your emotions
Name one of the challenges of Social Cues:
(Facial Expressions, Body Language, Tone of Voice, Eye Contact)
FE - Smiling with eyes, making weird faces
BL - Facing away, facing towards
TOV - Speaking softly about exciting things, loudly about boring things
EC - Eyes closed, eyes away, eyes open
What does Anxiety mean?
feeling of worry, unease, nervousness of an uncertain outcome.
Why do we use the Zones of Regulation?
To help us identify our feelings so we know how others and ourselves are feeling.
Draw and Label the Bell Curve
What does insecurities mean? Provide example
Insecurities are things that make you feel uncomfortable about yourself.
Ex. "Shrek hands"
Why do we play board/ card games?
FUN!
Learning how to take turns, more than one person can be right, learning how to accept differences
Name a part of your brain
Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Amygdala, Hypothalamus, Brain stem, Frontal, Parietal, Occipital and Temporal Lobes.